Jangir Agha

Jangir Agha
Born	1874 (1874) Çubuklu, Van vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died	1943(1943-00-00) (aged 68–69) Saratov, Soviet Union
Battles / wars	World War I Caucasus campaign Battle of Bash Abaran February Uprising

Jangir Agha (Kurdish: Cangîr Axa, Cîhangîr Axa, Armenian: Ջահանգիր Աղա, Russian: Джаангир Ага, c. 1874–1943) was a prominent military and social figure of Armenia in the early 20th century. He is considered a national hero of the Kurds- Yazidi people.^[1] He died in prison in 1943 after being arrested during the Great Purge in 1938; he was posthumously rehabilitated.